💎NEIL DIAMOND ~ CAPTAIN SUNSHINE - A TRIBUTE TO VINCE CHARLES [Live Audio]

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A TRIBUTE TO VINCE CHARLES - STEEL DRUM VIRTUOSO
💖Someone is chopping onions! I'm in tears! This is stunning! Vince would have loved this... Wow! The memories when I watched this came flooding back. The man is missed... its been 22 years this year since the music stopped. The void can never be filled.

Bless you for putting this together, the love and appreciation for Vince is evident. Vince might not be of this earth anymore but he hasn't left any of us. I look forward to showing this to lil bebe Kimo when he gets older! Thank you SO much. XXXX Rachel Charles 💞 (February 2023).

"Vince Charles was one of the most joyful, loving guys who gave everything to his music and everything to the people that he met. I can only hope that some of him, rubbed off on us. We'd like to do this song for you in his memory." - ND

This video upload is an update to a video I uploaded 9 years ago. Besides being in the 4:3 (square screen) instead of the 16:9 (wide screen) aspect ratio, back then I lacked the skills and finesse This one's for keeps...

The response I received from Rachel Charles, Vince's widow, to my initial effort moved me.
Her response back then -
"A moving tribute to my husband Vince. It's the first time I have seen this video... It made me cry. Thanks for keeping Vince in your thoughts and for keeping his 'beautiful noise' alive." – Rachel Charles (March 2014). 💖

With Rachel's permission, I decided on this update.

Born in St. Kitts and reared in the Virgin Islands, Vince Charles performed in the Caribbean Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1964-65. Then, after playing at Canada's Montreal Expo '67, he moved to Los Angeles, where he became a studio musician.

First asked to work with Diamond on 'Reggae Strut' for the 1974 album 'Serenade', Vince Charles joined Neil's band full-time in 1976. Prior to hooking up with Neil, Vince was an accomplished studio musician. He has also worked with Herb Alpert (Tijuana Brass), The Beach Boys and many others during the course of his career.

Vince has put out two albums of his own music; the latest of which is entitled 'Soliloquy' and he often puts together a band in LA when he has time off from the Diamond tour. Sadly, Vince passed away on June 3, 2001.

Captain Sunshine is from Neil Diamond's 'Moods' album (1972). Neil Diamond and his band performed this live version in December 27, 2002 as a tribute to Vince, a treasured and much loved member of the Neil Diamond Band.

CAPTAIN SUNSHINE (Moods: 1972 - Age: 31)
NEIL DIAMOND
This Live Version: December 27, 2002

Captain Sunshine
Make me drink wine
Make me feel fine
When I'm feelin' wrongly down

He don't take much
He don't make much
But ah, to be such a man as he
And walk so pure
Between the earth and the sea

Captain Sunshine
He do me fine
Make the words rhyme
When he knows the tune is sad

He don't take much
He don't make much

But ah, to be such a man as he
And walk so pure
Between the earth and the sea

(instrumental)

He don't take much
He don't make much
But ah, to be such a man as he
And walk so pure
Between the earth and the sea
Captain Sunshine
Captain Sunshine
And we will always remember you my friend...

Neil Diamond - 1972
Album: Moods

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